Enjoyable in a comedic sense. Frustrating in a realistic sense. Torgo summed it up perfectly.
The only thing I would critique is the ending. It was beautiful right up until
it showed the spaceship leaving earth as it was destroyed. That alone killed some of the emotional vibes it was trying to elicit, but then it continued and dived completely into comedy. It was incredibly jarring and should've been cut. I think if people knew the president was leaving on a spaceship, then they probably would've been able to put two and two together and realised that she would be killed on another planet. Or maybe I'm just being too optimistic.
I find some of the comments here to be quite baffling.
In response to some of them:
1. The film only focuses on two characters, but mainly on one. If you're having difficulty with following 1-2 characters then I'm not sure that the film is to blame.
2. There is a plot. It's there from the very beginning and plods steadily along throughout the entire film.
3. It's strange to label this as a misanthropic film when it also went out of it's way to show the side of humanity worth saving. It was pretty clear in that area.
4. If you dislike 90% of the characters despite them being varied, then that's not the problem of the film.
5. If you sided with the scientists and were yelling at the screen wanting the officials and public to just DO SOMETHING, then congrats, you got the point of the film.
6. It's not about COVID. You missed the point of the film entirely.
This is so,so subtle.A waste of time because it is a rarely funny,although it does make me feel superior when I hear Hollywood actors telling me to save the planet and complaining about the super rich.Hard to say who makes me want to puke more Meryl Streep or,actually,it is always Streep.
Review now in. Like the trailer I didn't like this unfortunately considering the literally stellar cast and crew.
4/10 but interested in a directors cut. Might be a cult classic
As a non american, the US-centrism of this movie made it unintentionally absurd and annoying to watch.
Do they really expect me to believe that the international community would have done nothing? that the only non-american attempt would be made after Russia, China and India got cut out by the US form exploiting the comets minerals? why would the US have the rights to the minerals when the comet was crushing into Chile's coasts?
Dissapointing comedy drama. It isn't funny, the satire makes it point in the first 20 minutes and than goes on for 2 hours without adding anything new. Nice cast though.
Quite honestly, this could have done with more work. It seemed like the first draft was the one they went with and they weren't too concerned with the satire or the quality. On the plus side Meryl Streep is on point.
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Enjoyable in a comedic sense. Frustrating in a realistic sense. Torgo summed it up perfectly.The only thing I would critique is the ending. It was beautiful right up until
I find some of the comments here to be quite baffling.
In response to some of them:
1. The film only focuses on two characters, but mainly on one. If you're having difficulty with following 1-2 characters then I'm not sure that the film is to blame.
2. There is a plot. It's there from the very beginning and plods steadily along throughout the entire film.
3. It's strange to label this as a misanthropic film when it also went out of it's way to show the side of humanity worth saving. It was pretty clear in that area.
4. If you dislike 90% of the characters despite them being varied, then that's not the problem of the film.
5. If you sided with the scientists and were yelling at the screen wanting the officials and public to just DO SOMETHING, then congrats, you got the point of the film.
6. It's not about COVID. You missed the point of the film entirely.
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Unwatchable.Taca5
Unwatchable.hawkeyevigo
This is so,so subtle.A waste of time because it is a rarely funny,although it does make me feel superior when I hear Hollywood actors telling me to save the planet and complaining about the super rich.Hard to say who makes me want to puke more Meryl Streep or,actually,it is always Streep.jo027
Too superficial. Armando Iannucci should directed this film.Adrian B AWESOME
Mark Cherry yelling "It's a satire!" from his home is a better satire than this dreck of a film.TenDeuChen
It's unfortunate the people that should watch this won't, and even if they did, they wouldn't understand, which the comments here prove.boulderman
Review now in. Like the trailer I didn't like this unfortunately considering the literally stellar cast and crew.4/10 but interested in a directors cut. Might be a cult classic
Eloisa
As a non american, the US-centrism of this movie made it unintentionally absurd and annoying to watch.heat_
How broad the cast list is and how mediocre the movie is.Earring72
Dissapointing comedy drama. It isn't funny, the satire makes it point in the first 20 minutes and than goes on for 2 hours without adding anything new. Nice cast though.Toastinator
This film is so accurate it made me feel sick.Cthulhu1
Brilliant.greenhorg
Is this the movie where Bob Dylan gets stabbed by a midget?TheOnlyRogueAngel
Quite honestly, this could have done with more work. It seemed like the first draft was the one they went with and they weren't too concerned with the satire or the quality. On the plus side Meryl Streep is on point.Showing items 1 – 15 of 41